Posted on 06/09/2009 9:24:53 AM PDT by La Lydia
FedEx Express is learning what could be the Democrats' economic motto -- "Never Let Success Go Unpunished."
Led by Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minnesota), the House on May 21 passed legislation that contains a hidden provision -- a mere 230 words -- that would hobble FedEx Express by completely changing the labor laws under which the company operates. Unless the Senate removes the language from the bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, a mere dozen or so workers in just one city could hamstring much of the nation's overnight delivery service.
Americans take for granted that things can "absolutely, positively ... be there overnight" -- but it took FedEx Express to make that so. FedEx Express is, of course, one of the great corporate success stories of modern times, having grown from a mere idea in a 1965 term paper by Yale undergraduate Frederick W. Smith into a company essential to the workings of our modern economy.
It is a little-known fact that FedEx contracts with the U.S. Postal Service to carry almost all of its Express Mail and a large proportion of Priority Mail. FedEx delivers huge amounts of needed supplies for American military forces, and its service is just about the only way to guarantee that some lifesaving medicines reach patients overnight...
...The UPS corporate political action committee has "given more money to federal lawmakers than any other company over two decades,"...The Teamsters, who lean heavily Democratic, have donated $86,500 to Mr. Oberstar during that period...
UPS trying to squash FedEx Express is like Goliath sitting on David...With the economy so shaky, this is the worst time for Congress to change the rules governing such an important facet of interstate commerce. The old wisdom should apply still: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
And another reason Big Government should stay the H*ll out of the Private Sector.
Federal government wisdom: It is works, break it and fix it at taxpayer expense.
That’s a great quote! I need a bumper sticker that says that.
Your notion is predicated upon this still being a Constitutional Republic. But in reality this nation has been transformed into a federal oligarchy run by the democrap party and their affirmative action figure fraud-in-chief, and the subpreme Roberts court has placed their stamp of approval uopn it all.
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Detest.
Unions.
Definition:
US Congress and Senate: A place where those who have no discernible talents or morals and are otherwise unemployable go to work.
The worker vote on unionization at FedEx is currently a nationwide vote as required by current law.
The Dems want to change this law by having another Federal agency for oversight. Then "local", rather than national, rules would applied to the voting process.
It appears that Obama’s primary economic intention is to either directly control the private sector or to render it utterly dependent on Washington. Are these some of the jobs he will have “saved or created”?
If I recall, the president or head guy at FEDEX said he’d close the company before he’d allow a union in. I might be wrong. If I am, please correct my posting.
Congress is a hideout where thieves and others of low character convene for the purpose of getting their stories straight, splitting up the take, and planning future heists.
Then we need to work to reverse this trend. This is not a legacy to leave to those not yet born.
Bas-turds. I like FedEx. They bring me nice things, lol. My credit card company says so.
Actually, the article makes that clear. What doesn’t make it clear is the shortened version that I had to post by virtue of our 300-word limit.
Ping
Ah, the OBAMA / CHICAGO / DALEY / MOBSTER machine arrives on the national scene...
There can only be one true “Brown Shirt” organization. (Shorts optional)
This has nothing to do with unionization, per se. It has everything to do with predatory anti-trust activities!
The Obama regime will probably not do anything about the anti-trust violations.
“We” are now in the minority and the democrap party is spending tax money ($8 billion so far in the past ten months) to strengthen the vote fraud and falsification of census through ACORN and subsidiaries. I’m afraid, short of using the left’s techniques (criminal methodology), it is already too late to stop the affirmative action figure’s brand of democrat Marxism.
I think the UPS ambition here is to FORCE Fed-Ex to contract out processing and delivery to THEM rather than to other private operators, or to the Postal Service.
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